Parmigiano

noun

"parmigiano" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Parmigiano” is uncommon English (frequency #97,415 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,415
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Parmigiano-Reggiano (“parmesan cheese”).

Corpus desk

Index EN-parmigiano · Parmigiano · English

Parmigiano · rank #97,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,415
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH paroxetine

Nearest frequency peer: paroxetine (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “Parmigiano”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Parmigiano” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Parmigiano
PropertyValue
HeadwordParmigiano
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,415
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Parmigiano” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Parmigianofalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “paroxetine” (#97,416), “panicum” (#97,412), “Parthia” (#97,418). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “Parmigiano” is #97,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Parmigiano is uncommon English at frequency #97,415 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Parmigiano-Reggiano (“parmesan cheese”).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Parmigiano in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Parmigiano, spelled P-A-R-M-I-G-I-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of Parmigiano-Reggiano (“parmesan cheese”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Parmigiano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I can only say what happened when I pressed my face to a wheel of ten-year Parmigiano, how in a burst of grass and ripe pineapple I stood in some green meadow that existed only in the resonance, like a bell’s fading peal, of that aroma.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Parmigiano"?
"Parmigiano" is spelled P-A-R-M-I-G-I-A-N-O.
What does "Parmigiano" mean?
As a noun, "Parmigiano" means: Synonym of Parmigiano-Reggiano (“parmesan cheese”).
What language does "Parmigiano" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Parmigiano", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list